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Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side). Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a yard or on a beach; formal games are ...
Badminton is a popular sport in India. It is managed by the Badminton Association of India. Indian shuttlers Prakash Padukone, Srikanth Kidambi, Jwala Gutta, Saina Nehwal, P. V. Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, H. S. Prannoy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have all been ranked in the top ten. Prakash Padukone was the first player from India to ...
Saina Nehwal. Saina Nehwal (pronunciation ⓘ; born 17 March 1990) is an Indian badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in 2009, it was only in 2015 that she was able to attain the world no. 1 ranking, thereby becoming the only ...
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, popularly known as PV Sindhu, (born 5 July 1995) [6] is an Indian badminton player. [7] Considered one of India's most successful sportspersons, Sindhu has won medals at various tournaments such as the Olympics and on the BWF circuit, including a gold at the 2019 World Championships. She is the first and only Indian to ...
The India national badminton team represents India in international badminton team tournaments. It is governed by the Badminton Association of India. [2] The men's team won the Thomas Cup in 2022, while the women's team have been semifinalists twice at the Uber Cup in 2014 and 2016. The Indian team competed in the 2011 Sudirman Cup and shared ...
Career. Natekar won over 100 [4] national and international titles for India in a career spanning 15 years. [4] Natekar was the first Indian to win a title abroad, in 1956. [5][6] Natekar was a director of Natekar Sports and Fitness (NSF). He won the Men's Doubles National Championship a total of six times, [7] Men's Singles National ...
2024 India Open. The India Open is an annual badminton event which has been held in India since 2008 and is a BWF World Tour Super 750 international badminton tournament. [1] Its first three editions were designated as Grand Prix Gold events. In 2011, it was upgraded to the BWF Superseries tournament. [2]
Chirag Shetty. Chirag Shetty (born 4 July 1997) is an Indian badminton player. [3] With his doubles partner Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, he is an Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and Asian Championships gold medalist. They are the only Indian doubles pair to become World No. 1 in BWF World Ranking, win the BWF World Tour 1000 series, and became the ...